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How to insert bullet between words in a Word document?

May be it is easy for us to insert a list of bullets before the text in a Word document, but, if you need to insert the bullet between words in a line, how could you do?

• Basically all you do is Click on the Ruler (if you don't see it, use View Ruler) to define the position of your tabs (choose the various types using the icon to the left of the Ruler) Choose Format Tabs Click on each tab number on the list to the left, select the type of leader and press Set.
• Open the Word document into which you want to add dot leaders. Press 'Tab' to go to the first tab stop where you want to type text, if necessary. Otherwise, begin typing at the left margin. Type your text but do not press Enter. Click on the little ruler icon just above the scrollbar to display the ruler, if it is not visible.
• On the upper right portion of the screen, click on the American flag icon ( ). Use the dropdown menu to select the U.S.Extended Keyboard ( ). The keyboard will be switched and an appropriate font will be selected within the application. A flag icon corresponding to the keyboard will be displayed on the upper right.

Creating Tab/Dot Leaders in a Word Document. Kathy Swedlow (swedlowk@mimaacs.org) These instructions explain how to create a tab or dot leader in a Word document, using any version of Microsoft Word on a PC or a Mac. Tab and dot leaders. A tab leader connects text and page numbers in an index of authorities or table of contents.

Insert bullet between words in Word document by inserting symbol feature

The normal Symbol feature in Word can help you to insert the bullet between words, please do as this:

1. Put the cursor at the place where you want to insert the bullet, and then click Insert > Symbol > More Symbol, see screenshot:

2. In the Symbol dialog box, choose the bullet symbol that you want to insert, see screenshot:

3. And then, click Insert button, the selected bullet will be inserted between the words, see screenshot:

Insert bullet between words in Word document by using shortcut keys

If you are familiar with the shortcut keys, the below shortcut keys also can help you, please do as this:

1. Click where you want to insert the bullet, and then press Alt key, and type the number of desired symbol from the numeric keyboard of below screenshot shown:

2. And then, the specified bullet has been inserted between the words, see screenshot:

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The U.S. Extended keyboard allows you to types accented carons (č), ogoneks (ą), dots (ṭ), thorns (þ) and others.
This page includes instructions for activating the Extended Keyboard and its codes.

Page Content

1. Combining Diacritics – Makes any combination, but there may be display issues

Student Computing Labs

Follow the instructions below to activate different keyboards as needed. They will remain active in your profile between logins. See the Macintosh Computing Lab page to see which Mac operating system is installed.

Activate Extended Keyboard

To use these codes, you need to activate the U.S. Extended keyboard (or ABC Extented in El Capitan) in the System Preferences following the instructions below.
Note: Some codes may not work if the software or Web site does not fully support Unicode.

Activate U.S. Extended Keyboard in Yosemite/Mavericks

1. Go to the Apple menu and open Systems Preferences.
2. Click the Languages and Regions (U.N. flag) icon on the first row of the Systems Preferences panel.
3. lick the Keyboard Preferences button at the bottom of the window to open the keyboard preferences.
4. Click the Input Sources tab.
5. Click the + putton to see a list of languages with keyboards. The U.S. Extended keyboard is listed under English. Click Add to ensure that they keyboard is activated.

Switch Keyboards

1. Make sure you have activated all the appropriate keyboards following the instructions in the previous section.
2. Open a software application such as a word processor, spread-sheet or any other application in which you need to enter text.
3. On the upper right portion of the screen, click on the American flag icon (). Use the dropdown menu to select the U.S.Extended Keyboard ().
4. The keyboard will be switched and an appropriate font will be selected within the application. A flag icon corresponding to the keyboard will be displayed on the upper right.
5. To switch back to the standard U.S. keyboard or to some other keyboard, click on the flag icon on the upper right and select a keyboard from the dropdown menu.

Note on Fonts

Many of the fonts from Apple, Adobe and Unicode friendly fonts include the extended accents, but some older fonts or decorative fonts may be missing characters. Check your documents carefully to be sure formatting is consistent.

Extended Keyboard Codes

Note: If these codes are not working, then please make sure you have activated and switched to the extended keyboard following the instructions above.

Dot Leaders

Combining Diacritics

How Do I Insert Dot Leaders In Word For Mac

These codes add accents to ANY Letter via Unicode combining characters (glossary). As a result, there may be unusual display issues with certain fonts or certain letters (e.g. capital letters).

To use these codes first type the letter, then type the code.
NOTE: If these codes are not working, then please make sure you have activated and switched to the extended keyboard following the instructions above.